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The route to the New York Times Best Seller list has gotten a little shorter. The reason? They've added more lists. It's kind of like Costco opening more lines when the existing ones get too long because nothing kills the shopper's high of getting that case of Marcona almonds and 72-pack of paper towels like an extended wait to check out. Except it's not like that at all. The existing best-seller lists aren't full to bursting, where books that sell hundreds of thousands of copies can't crack the lineup. In fact, it's the opposite. Though there are some secret ingredients to the New York Times sauce, it's widely believed that as few as 3,000...

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The route to the New York Times Best Seller list has gotten a little shorter.
The reason? They've added more lists. It's kind of like Costco opening more lines when the existing ones get too long because nothing kills the shopper's high of getting that...

Memoirs are endeavors wherein the author says to the reader: "Here's what happened to me." The authorial motive, more often than not, is a combination of the memoirist's need to get something off his or her chest (or out of his or her gut),...

If you like Nat King Cole, you'll love his brother Freddy Cole! Freddy Cole is known as one of the most influential singers in jazz music throughout the world.
Freddy Cole grew up in a musical household and remembers influential visitors at his home...

Olivet Nazarene University students take the stage this November in the fall theatre presentation, “Almost, Maine.” This romantic comedy, described by The New York Times as a “whimsical approach to the joys and perils of romance,” will be presented in...

Beginning this year, Olivet Nazarene University is establishing a new, annual tradition. Parents and families of current students are invited to join in the fun around campus from November 6 through 10, 2013, during Homecoming & Family Weekend....

Christian A. Larsen, who was known as ‘Lars’ when he hosted evenings at 95 WIIL ROCK (WIIL-FM 95.1), will be signing copies of his debut novel, LOSING TOUCH ($16, Post Mortem Press), at Read Between the Lynes on Sunday, June 30, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Jewish Child & Family Services – Annual MeetingWith David Finch, author of the New York Times Bestseller,The Journal of Best Practices: A Memoir of Marriage, Asperger Syndrome, and One Man’s Quest to Be a Better Husband
Join us on Monday, September...

(DEERFIELD) Computer gaming can be good for you. And a Deerfield-based educational tech company is showing kids how. At schools and park districts around Chicago’s north suburbs, Computer Explorers of Northeast Chicagoland is harnessing the power of...

Advance purchase tickets are now available for an on-campus performance by world-renowned jazz clarinetist Anat Cohen, scheduled for 1:15 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1
Known for her expressive virtuosity and delightful stage presence, Cohen and her band...

Posted by College of Lake County Public Relations, Community Contributor

Whether your entertainment tastes include music, acrobatics, dance, comedy or illusion, you can find something to enjoy during the James Lumber Center (JLC) for the Performing Arts 2013-14 Professional Touring Season at the College of Lake County.
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Three renowned musical groups – CALJE: Chicago Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble and Sphinx Virtuosi with the Catalyst Quartet, will perform in the James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts at the College of Lake County in September. The two shows on Sept. 26...

Posted by College of Lake County Public Relations, Community Contributor

Four international films will be presented for free on Friday nights this fall by the College of Lake County Center for International Education. The films begin at 7 p.m. in room A162 (Anderson lecture hall) on the CLC Grayslake Campus, 19351 W....

During the 100th Commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 4, 2013, Olivet Nazarene University conferred degrees upon the largest graduating class in its history: a total of 1,428 graduates. From the 15 graduates in the Class of 1913 to today’s...

Television host, New York Times bestselling author, and celebrity chef Anne Burrell will visit Anderson’s Bookshop, 5112 Main St. in downtown Downers Grove on Thursday, December 5. Beginning at 7:00 p.m., the author will sign books for fans, including her...

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Works by painter Lynn Lombard and photographer Colleen Plumb will be on exhibit at Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart March 3-21 as part of the 2014 “Women in the Arts” program, which also will include a presentation by each artist.
Lombard will offer...

She’s back! Anderson’s Bookshop, Naperville, is delighted to host a special event with television star and fashion designer Lauren Conrad who returns with her latest book, Infamous. Conrad is a television star known from MTV’s The Hills and earlier,...

The Skokie Art Walk will showcase the works of talented professional and student artists in restaurants and businesses in downtown Skokie (along Oakton St. and Lincoln Ave.) during the entire month of May, 2013. The juried artists works will be...

Television personality Daphne Chew, co-host of ABC TV’s The Chew, will visit Anderson’s Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave. in downtown Naperville on Saturday, May 4. Beginning at 2:00 p.m., the author will sign books for fans, including her latest...